Categories
- K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher Loan-Kits
- Canada: Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition)
- NIE Supplement on Canada
- K-12 Teaching Modules
- K-12 Lesson Plans - STUDY CANADA Summer Institute
- Annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute Presentations
- Other Lesson Plan Links
- Send Us Your Own Lesson Plan!
- University of Washington Film and Video Resource Library
- Network of Teacher-Associates
Teacher Resources
One of the biggest hurdles that US teachers face when teaching Canada is a lack of effective educational resources. To help teachers become more aware of the resources available to them, K-12 STUDY CANADA has compiled a wealth of information and materials to assist teachers develop a curriculum that brings the sights and sounds of Canada to life for American students.
Click on a resource link to the right to skip directly to that resource description. Click on a resource's title to view the resource.
K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher Loan-Kits
Teachers can use two loan-kits available through WWU's Center for Canadian-American Studies called the K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise and the K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection.
The Resource Valise
Includes dozens of books, artifacts, CD-ROMs, music CDs and videos that relate to nine thematic units concerning Canada.
The Student Novel Collection
Contains thirty-six novels that can be used in conjunction with the resource valise or as an independent exploration of Canada through youth fiction.
Canada: Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition)
This is a fantastic book! What depth and variety - the result of many hours of dedicated collaboration!
Susan Boldrey, Illinois (July 3, 2003)
Published by the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University, Canada: Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition) is an excellent core textbook suitable for grades 6 to 9 that focuses on the history, geography, economy, government, culture and arts of Canada while emphasizing Canada's relationship with the United States.
NIE Supplement on Canada
O Canada! The True North Strong and Free!, written by Tina Storer and funded by the Canadian Embassy, was initially published in April 2004 by The Washington Times as a Newspapers in Education supplement on Canada for teachers.
Click here to download the supplement and copy for classroom use.
K-12 Teaching Modules / Backgrounders
Numerous educational modules written by Nadine Fabbi and articles written by Tina Storer for her "Connecting History Classrooms to Canada" column in the History Matters! e-newsletter for the National Council for History Education's can be accessed along with others that are approved for classroom use.
Teacher-Developed Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans that educators created at the annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute are available for use by other teachers as well as K-12 educational modules created by Nadine Fabbi, University of Washington, are available for use. The lesson plans and modules concern a variety of topics commonly taught by teachers of Canada.
Washington State-Aligned Lesson Plans on Canada
Some of the Teacher-Developed Lesson Plans (above) have been aligned to Washington State EALRs and CBEs by WWU Woodring College of Education students in Dr. Mitchell Jancic's Course. So far, twenty-two lesson plans have been aligned but check back as we work to align others for posting here and on OSPI's website.
PowerPoint Presentations
The most recent PowerPoints from the annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute are posted here along with other PowerPoints from K-12 STUDY CANADA and National Resource Centers on Canada presentations.
Other Lesson Plan Links
Great lesson plans on Canada are available on other sites. If you know of additional sites with lesson plans on Canada, please contact us so that they can be added here, too.
Send Us Your Own Lesson Plan!
K-12 STUDY CANADA is always happy to receive new and interesting lesson plans on teaching Canada.
University of Washington Film and Video Resource Library
The University of Washington's Educational Media Collection - a Non-Profit Educational Rental Collection - offers a wealth of videos, laserdiscs and DVDs on Canadian topics which teachers can borrow to supplement their Canadian studies curriculum.
Network of Teacher-Associates
K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher-Associates are experienced teachers of Canada who have developed extensive social studies curriculum about Canada and who are interested in making presentations on Canada at regional conferences.